Sentences with phrase «national monuments»

National Monuments are also just a short drive away, as well as the Inner Harbor and large military bases.

Randal S. Olson used a computer algorithm to figure out the perfect road trip that makes at least one stop in all lower 48 states; only stops at National Natural Landmarks, National Historic Sites, National Parks, or National Monuments; and never leaves the U.S..

This county, full of native communities and reservations, national monuments and forests, and part of Apache Junction, there is much to see and do in the area.

Since taking office, Bush has moved to review, weaken, or undo a host of the Clinton administration's environmental - protection policies dealing with global warming, air and water pollution, national forests, and national monuments.

The report was created in response to Donald Trump's executive order demanding a review of all national monuments greater than 100,000 acres created since 1996.

Zinke's review of the national monuments is a thinly veiled guise to open up those lands to fossil fuel development and other destruction.

President Obama is scheduled to create 5 new national monuments today.

In fact, these new national monuments matter a lot right now because the current crop of legislators in congress aren't setting any new land aside for national parks for the first time in six decades.

TAKE ACTION: Thank President Obama for designating the five new national monuments.

The four other new national monuments are the San Juan Islands in Washington State, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland, the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Ohio, and the Delaware Heritage Trail, which is the first national monument in that state.

These new national monuments will protect a diverse set of culturally and historically significant sites for all Americans to explore and enjoy.

To guard «the most glorious heritage a people ever received,» he protected 230 million acres of land and created 23 new national parks, and passed the Antiquities Act that let presidents «declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic and scientific interest... to be National Monuments.»

National monuments are under attack by the current President, but one would think that the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine would be safe.

Since he came to office, Obama has established or expanded 19 national monuments, more than any of his predecessors...

Then in July he established three new National Monuments.

Delegates also approved an amendment aimed at curbing the Antiquities Act of 1906, a law which has protected national monuments ranging from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon.

And the environmental law clinics at Stanford and University of California, Irvine are working with Earth Island, Shark Stewards, and the International Marine Mammal Project to protect our marine national monuments.

Livestock grazing is permitted to continue in national monuments and wilderness areas if these practices existed prior to designation.

And the environmental law clinics at Stanford and University of California, Irvine are working with EII, Shark Stewards, and the International Marine Mammal Project to protect our marine national monuments.

The Trump administration has put 27 national monuments on the chopping block, endangering more than 1 billion acres of America's most spectacular, culturally important and ecologically intact public lands and oceans.

His call to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monuments in Utah will reduce the size of these federally protected areas by 85 % and...

Donald Trump today traveled to Utah to announce that he will dismantle Bears Ears and Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monuments to open them up for fossil fuel development and other destruction.

«Chopping up and carving up national monuments and historical places for fossil fuel extraction isn't just short - sighted and selfish, it is morally and ethically wrong.»

More than 2.7 million acres of iconic US landscape could be at risk from fossil fuel exploration following Donald Trump's decision to review protections on national monuments, an Energydesk investigation can now reveal.

Republicans in Congress are trying to help the Trump Administration with legislation to enshrine cuts to our national monuments.

Dear Friend, Today is your last chance to preserve and protect our national monuments.

It's time to take action to preserve and protect our national monuments by sending in your comments now!

A decision by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to shrink two Nevada national monuments could remove a significant hurdle to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, experts say.

Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more.

National monuments are being shrunken or changed to to open them up for mining, fishing and other forms of resource extraction.

Coal is dying on its feet, and, IMO, we're about to see oil demand start to crater, too — Trumpism won't save it by desecrating US National Monuments.

Obama has the power to do as Presidents T. Roosevelt and Bush have done in the past — under the Antiquities Act — to declare National Monuments.

The Gallery is housed in two national monuments — former Supreme Court and City Hall — that have been beautifully restored and transformed into this exciting venue in the heart of the Civic District.

In addition to initiating the court case, SOS - Racisme has filed a notice with the Conseil d'Etat — the highest juridical administrative instance in the country — against the ministry of culture's decision to extend the same rule to fifty national museums as well as over a hundred national monuments.

It is one of only two historic interiors chosen in a group dominated by landscapes and national monuments.

The seven - member advisory group, which celebrated its centennial anniversary last year, provides advice to the President and Congress on design and aesthetic issues, and weighs in on issues like coinage and the site of future national monuments.

The President also designates three historic sites as national monuments recognizing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in his final days in office.

Plus: Houston museums begin to reopen Rashid Rana steps down as director of inaugural Lahore Biennale Report on national monuments recommends reductions to protected land and recommended reading

In this game, Bowser sends Koopa Troopas to different cities throughout Earth, where they wreak havoc by stealing precious artifacts from various museums and national monuments.

Robertson is steeped in history and boasts several national monuments.

Enjoy a stroll, perhaps visiting the Cathedrale Saint Sacerdos, a pretty cathedral that is one of the National Monuments of France.

So much of this vast country is blessed with an abundance of beautiful national monuments, parks, and forests.

Historic Temple Square, the world - famous Great Salt Lake, major sporting events and several national monuments are also nearby.

History fans will enjoy the battle sites of the century - long «border warsâ $; a trip to Graaff - Reinet, South Africa's fourth oldest town with more national monuments than any other city in South Africa; and an expedition to Barkley East to see exceptional examples of ancient San rock art.

And, in Golden Gate, all of those things are here — whether it's Fort Point and its amazing history of coastal defense; or it's Alcatraz, with its multi-layered history; or Muir Woods, that really is, in some ways, the heart of the whole movement for National Monuments to be established.

Beautifully designed and housed in one of the wings of a 15th - century Medieval palace, guests staying at the Parador de Olite Hotel are in for a real treat, as you get to stay in one of Spain's national monuments.

Established as a hotel in 1864, the Swartberg is now one of 19 national monuments in th...

Established as a hotel in 1864, the Swartberg is now one of 19 national monuments in the village and is still the only hotel in Prince Albert today.

Experience the splendor of Utah's national parks, national monuments and state parks at our doorstep.

It features over 50 national monuments and is the largest youngberry g...